Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

A story in the Seattle PI today has all the ladies talking. Ladies with the expensive obsession for crystalline carbon (that's diamond for those of you not up to speed) have been going gaga over the Diamond Planet. No, this is not the next installment in Pirates of the Caribbean gone galactic. It seems this diamond planet actually exists and it's only 4,000 light years away. So all those women out there with men who have promised to love them forever are now putting their man's integrity to the test.

In bedrooms around the world, women sit up in bed, cross their arms and say, "If you loved me you would get me a diamond planet."

"You said you would love me forever, so 4,000 light years is only a fraction of the love you profess for me."

One sweet girl, recognizing the financial ineptitude of her mate offered a compromise. "I don't need the whole planet, just a piece."

It's not just the men in committed relationships who are in trouble. Single men in bars are being disappointed when offering a free drink isn't enough anymore. Women are demanding diamonds as the preferred pickup "line". A diamond says more than words, afterall, and if there's a whole planet made of diamonds how hard is it for a man to give them a rock?